8-16-12 Update

Recently found a new website that has greatly helped me find chips I'd like to add to my collection (http://www.all-chips.com/).  There's a ton of chips there, including some really nice old chips that I haven't been able to find.  Today, I got 7 new ones for my collection.

1.  New Monte Carlo house chip.  I know, not exactly a hard-to-find new chip, but it was one I had to have.  I love the Carlo.  I still want to stay there one of these times I'm out there.  Unfortunately, I think the new chip is a step back.  It's basically the same as the old one, but without the catoonish top hat and gold line.

2.  CBS Sports World Casino.  Had to change its' name after CBS threatened to sue, so there's a "Sports World Casino" chip out there, too.  They must've had a crack legal department to green-light that original name.  I think I read somewhere that the "CBS" chips were never actually used in play, but now I can't find that.  We'll just go with it.

3.  MGM Grand - Grand Opening.  Says "Watch Us Roar in '94" on one side and "Dec. 1993" on the other.  This, of course, was the second "grand" opening for the MGM Grand.  The first one caught fire in 1980 and later became Bally's.  This one is the current casino/hotel.  Has a depiction of the lion that doubles as the casino's entranceway on it as well.  Pretty good looking.  I like the older MGM chips with the red and white outer ring and smaller lion heads near the chip bottom.

4.  MGM Grand - Collector's Series Betty Boop Limited Edition.  Not sure which year this is from, but it has the same red and white outer ring as the Grand Opening chip and Julio Cesar Chavez chip.  Unlike those two chips though, this one has a splash of color on it.  Which colors, I'm not too sure.  But they are there.

5.  World Trade Center.  Never opened.  Now it is a parking lot for the Sands convention center.  Must've been fairly close to opening though, as they produced chips for it.  But alas, it was not meant to be.  The chip now sits with other never-opened-casino-chips like the Jockey Club.

6.  Bob Stupak's Sinabar.  The guy who would eventually build the Stratsophere once bought a lounge in downtown called the Sinabar and put a few tables and slots in it.  Was only open for about a year and he eventually renamed it "The Vault" but it wasn't long after that that Stupak was off and working on "Vegas World" which became the Strat.

7.  Jackpot Casino.  The Jackpot Casino closed in 1977 and became a part of the Sahara, which is also now closed.